{"id":941,"date":"2016-11-29T15:31:23","date_gmt":"2016-11-29T20:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lifestylelandscaping.mighty-little-websites.com\/?p=941"},"modified":"2017-02-03T13:09:15","modified_gmt":"2017-02-03T18:09:15","slug":"landscape-design-where-do-i-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifestylelandscaping.com\/landscape-design-where-do-i-start\/","title":{"rendered":"Planning a Planting: The Project &#8211; Where do I start?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"942\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/lifestylelandscaping.com\/landscape-design-where-do-i-start\/design-blog-1-photo-640x480\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/lifestylelandscaping.com\/files\/2016\/11\/Design-blog-1-photo-640x480.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1480432527&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"design-blog-1-photo-640&#215;480\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/lifestylelandscaping.com\/files\/2016\/11\/Design-blog-1-photo-640x480-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/lifestylelandscaping.com\/files\/2016\/11\/Design-blog-1-photo-640x480.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-942 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/lifestylelandscaping.com\/files\/2016\/11\/Design-blog-1-photo-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"design-blog-1-photo-640x480\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifestylelandscaping.com\/files\/2016\/11\/Design-blog-1-photo-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/lifestylelandscaping.com\/files\/2016\/11\/Design-blog-1-photo-640x480-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lifestylelandscaping.com\/files\/2016\/11\/Design-blog-1-photo-640x480-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lifestylelandscaping.com\/files\/2016\/11\/Design-blog-1-photo-640x480-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>So there is an area in your landscape that needs to be renovated.\u00a0\u00a0You no longer enjoy caring for the plantings and your gardening\u00a0hobby has become a chore. \u00a0What to do. . .<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ve thought about this project for quite some time. \u00a0Newsletters and blogs have been studied, garden centers have been toured and local gardens admired.\u00a0\u00a0You&#8217;re ready to invest some sweat equity but are unsure where to start.<\/p>\n<p>Whether it&#8217;s a rough sketch or a professional design, the best advice is to <em>start with a plan<\/em>. \u00a0It&#8217;s much easier to make corrections on paper before beginning a project than it is to move landscape materials around after the fact. \u00a0Heavy trees and stones can&#8217;t be moved about like board game pieces! \u00a0Not only is this difficult, but its not very productive.<\/p>\n<p>A plan is where your thoughts become real. \u00a0 Its where all of the ideas get sorted and arranged. Plant locations are assigned and specific plant varieties are chosen. \u00a0A plan enables\u00a0you to order &amp; estimate the quantities of materials and to anticipate the costs involved.<\/p>\n<p>Next post we&#8217;ll discuss a few thoughts that go into developing an effective plan.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"943\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/lifestylelandscaping.com\/landscape-design-where-do-i-start\/design-blog-1-drawing-640x412\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/lifestylelandscaping.com\/files\/2016\/11\/Design-blog-1-drawing-640x412.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,412\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1480432571&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"design-blog-1-drawing-640&#215;412\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/lifestylelandscaping.com\/files\/2016\/11\/Design-blog-1-drawing-640x412-300x193.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/lifestylelandscaping.com\/files\/2016\/11\/Design-blog-1-drawing-640x412.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-943 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/lifestylelandscaping.com\/files\/2016\/11\/Design-blog-1-drawing-640x412.jpg\" alt=\"design-blog-1-drawing-640x412\" width=\"640\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifestylelandscaping.com\/files\/2016\/11\/Design-blog-1-drawing-640x412.jpg 640w, https:\/\/lifestylelandscaping.com\/files\/2016\/11\/Design-blog-1-drawing-640x412-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lifestylelandscaping.com\/files\/2016\/11\/Design-blog-1-drawing-640x412-150x97.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lifestylelandscaping.com\/files\/2016\/11\/Design-blog-1-drawing-640x412-100x64.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So there is an area in your landscape that needs to be renovated.\u00a0\u00a0You no longer enjoy caring for the plantings and your gardening\u00a0hobby has become a chore. \u00a0What to do. . . 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